Thank you to everyone who opened my recent newsletter — that gave you an automatic entry into my Newsletter Contest. And the winner is . . . Laverne Backhaus. Laverne received a $25.00 gift card to Amazon.com. And don't forget — when you see my newsletter in your...
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Intentional Writing
I'm struck by this word of late: Intentional. The definition is quite clear: done on purpose. So I find myself asking this question over and over. What is my intention here? What is my purpose? Will my actions at this moment lead me closer to my intentions? I suppose...
Tuesday Teaser: Four Weddings and A Sixpence
When the four of us, Julia Quinn, Laura Lee Guhrke, Stefanie Sloane, and I came up with the idea for writing Four Weddings and a Sixpence, based on the old wedding rhyme (I know, me and my rhymes!) I had to have "Something Borrowed." I mean as soon as we started...
Newsletter Winner
Congratulations to Tamara B! She won the $50 gift card to Amazon. And my thanks to everyone who took the time to enter. I hope you've had a chance to read FOUR WEDDINGS AND A SIXPENCE! If not, take a sneak peek here. And of course, my best wishes to you in 2017. May...
Tuesday Lunch Break: Mad About the Major
This week, let's take a lunch break with Mad About the Major, my recent novella addition to the Bachelor Chronicles. A reader recently wrote a review and called it "Pure whimsy." Two words that made me smile. That was exactly what I was striving for—a fun fast read...
No Marriage of Convenience
Countdown to 20 I can't believe my 20th Avon Romance, THE KNAVE OF HEARTS, is about to arrive! To celebrate this amazing run, I thought it would be fun to countdown all 20 books, starting with my first Avon Romance, NO MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. This book is unique in...
